1-2pm PacificWhat time is this where you are?Jane K. Dickinson is a nurse and certified diabetes educator; she has both a professional and personal interest in diabetes. Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1975, Jane spent several summers as a counselor and student nurse at diabetes camp. Later she served as the Director of Clinical Services and Education at The Barton Center for DiabetesEducation, where she oversaw diabetes…See More

My son Bernie is six and he does most of the things that six-year-olds do. Every day, even schooldays, he wakes up and goes straight to his Legos. He has a rich repertoire of sounds to simulate fighting. He picks his nose. He asks a lot of questions. And he gives the best hugs.But Bernie does other stuff that no six-year-old should have to. Like getting insulin shots three times a day. After two years of this his injection sites are sore and have begun to develop scar tissue. So we rotate them…See More

4pm PST6pm CST7pm ESTKaren Shidler has been a Certified Diabetes Educator since 1996.  She is the program coordinator and provides out-patient and in-patient education at Logansport Memorial Hospital in north central Indiana. She also organizes diabetes support group meetings and other special events such as a diabetes health fair. Karen is also a trainer for insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors.  In this mini-class she will be talking about the connection between diabetes and sleep…See More